The Center for Writers

The Center for Writers The Center for Writers is the creative writing program at the University of Southern Mississippi Between 35 and 40 students work toward M.A. and Ph.D.

degrees in English with emphases in fiction or poetry, and each student completes a creative thesis or dissertation to fulfill requirements for the degree. The tone of the program is serious but informal, with workshops offered in fiction, non-fiction, prose, and poetry by the program's distinguished faculty. Additional courses in craft, literary forms, and teaching creative writing are also offer

ed regularly, and students participate in a regular reading series and in the publication of a student journal, Product. The department is also home to the Mississippi Review, a nationally recognized literary magazine. Students and graduates have won the Whiting Award, the Henfield Prize, the Flannery O'Connor Award and National Endowment fellowships and published books with Counterpoint, William Morrow, St. Martins, Ticknor and Fields, Georgia, Red Hen, Faber & Faber, Atlantic Monthly Press, Prentice Hall, Sarabande, and a number of other first rank presses.

Congratulations to Emilee KinneyStreu for being a 2026 AWP Intro Journals Project winner! Emilee's poem "Night Market in...
05/01/2026

Congratulations to Emilee KinneyStreu for being a 2026 AWP Intro Journals Project winner! Emilee's poem "Night Market in Dresden, Ontario" will be published in Puerto del Sol.

04/17/2026
We loved hosting Elizabeth Miki Brina and Daniel SC Sutter for our final Visiting Writers Series of the Spring semester....
04/17/2026

We loved hosting Elizabeth Miki Brina and Daniel SC Sutter for our final Visiting Writers Series of the Spring semester. Liz (author of Speak, Okinawa) read from her new work and Dan read us an incredible short story from his collection Debris coming out May 3rd!

Join the Center for Writers at USM as we host Elizabeth Miki Brina and Daniel S.C. Sutter for our final Visiting Writers...
04/07/2026

Join the Center for Writers at USM as we host Elizabeth Miki Brina and Daniel S.C. Sutter for our final Visiting Writers Series of the Spring 26 semester! Elizabeth and Daniel will read their work and their books Speak, Okinawa and Debris, respectively, will be available for purchase at the event.

Center for Writers and Mississippi Review are at booth 1133 at the bookfair. Come chat with us!
03/05/2026

Center for Writers and Mississippi Review are at booth 1133 at the bookfair. Come chat with us!

Big congratulations to Olivia Clare Friedman! She's been named as a National Magazine Awards Finalist in Fiction for her...
02/27/2026

Big congratulations to Olivia Clare Friedman! She's been named as a National Magazine Awards Finalist in Fiction for her work in ! Read the piece here:

This was the email from Frock Place that got her: “See You at Midnight, Clare.” This was the one that made her stop. Her own name in the subject line of an email sent to millions of people, and every one of them saw their names too. Frock Place was having an online sale, and

AWP Baltimore here we come! Mississippi Review will be at booth 1133 at the bookfair. We're also hosting an off-site rea...
02/27/2026

AWP Baltimore here we come! Mississippi Review will be at booth 1133 at the bookfair. We're also hosting an off-site reading in collaboration with Southern Humanities Review, McNeese Review, and Black Warrior Review (Thursday, 3/5, from 7:30-10:00 at Mystique Barrell Brewing).

Our very own Angela Ball reading from her new book of poetry, Steeplechase, last night at C4W's Visiting Writer's Series...
02/25/2026

Our very own Angela Ball reading from her new book of poetry, Steeplechase, last night at C4W's Visiting Writer's Series. If you missed out on the reading, make sure you get a copy of her contemplative, playful, grieving, happy, and hopeful collection.

Join us in celebrating Angela Ball's newest book, Steeplechase! Angela's reading and Q&A will be held on Tuesday, Februa...
02/23/2026

Join us in celebrating Angela Ball's newest book, Steeplechase! Angela's reading and Q&A will be held on Tuesday, February 24th in Gonzales Auditorium at USM at 5:30pm. Books will be available for purchase and a signing will take place afterward.

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